adanida
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From a- (“agent prefix”) + dánidá (“to abandon someone”), ultimately from dá (“agent prefix”) + ẹni (“to act alone”) + dá (“to make, to create”), literally “to abandon someone to act alone on something”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
adánidá
Etymology 2[edit]
From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dánidá (“to abandon someone”), ultimately from ultimately from dá (“agent prefix”) + ẹni (“to act alone”) + dá (“to make, to create”), literally “to abandon someone to act alone on something”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
àdánidá
- the act of abandonement
- someone who is being abandoned